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Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Member Of Al-Saud Family Honored For Contributions To Art
 Prince Khaled honored for contribution to art
Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal receives the National Order of the Montenegrin Grand Star from Montenegro President Filip Vujanovic at a function held at the King Faisal Palace in Riyadh on Tuesday. (AN photo by Misfr Al-Dossary) Published: Mar 10, 2010 00:33 Updated: Mar 10, 2010 00:34 RIYADH: Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal received on Tuesday the National Order of the Montenegrin Grand Star in recognition of his longstanding contribution to furthering cultural, artistic and educational understanding between Europe and Saudi Arabia. The medal was presented by the President of Montenegro, Filip Vujanovic, at a function held at the King Faisal Palace in Riyadh. The ceremony was attended by Chairman of the Board of Directors of King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies Prince Turki Al-Faisal; Montenegro Culture, Sports and Media Minister Branislave Micunovic; Director of the King Faisal Foundation, Prince Bandar Al-Saud; Chairman of Painting & Patronage, Anthony Bailey; and King Faisal International Prize winners who came to receive their awards at Tuesday’s King Faisal International Prize ceremony. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, a renowned artist, displayed his first exhibition of oil paintings and gouaches in 1985 at Al-Khozama Center in Riyadh. “The award is being given to Prince Khaled for his outstanding contribution to art, culture and education,” said Vujanovic, adding that he hopes this will herald new relations with the Kingdom. Accepting the award, Prince Khaled said he was honored to receive the award from Montenegro’s president himself. “Art and culture creates relationships between humans,” he said. The award comes under the Painting and Patronage Program established by Prince Khaled under the patronage of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah. Formed in 1999, with its founding Chairman Bailey, the organization funds exchange programs and organizes artistic summer schools and outreach programs as well as exhibitions for Saudi and European artists. Previous programs have taken place in several countries including the UK and Portugal. “This is yet another illustration of the high regard of the lifetime achievements of Prince Khaled Al-Faisal,” said Bailey. “Painting and Patronage Program looks forward to engaging with its artistic community in the years to come,” he said. After the awards ceremony, Vujanovic and other dignitaries were given a tour of Alfaisal University, which is located in the grounds of King Faisal Palace. The visiting president and his delegation met with Alfaisal University officials Ronald Bulbulian, acting provost, Ala Al-Bakri, vice president for accreditation and quality assurance, and Princess Maha bint Mishari, executive director for external affairs. Posted on 03/09/2010 10:35 PM by Hugh Fitzgerald
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Well, that's settled then. The Sauds are world class leaders in the furtherance of artistic achievement. Their contributions are unparalleled. To paraphrase Julianne Pierce, the world of art has been re-woven and re-shaped by his illustrious highness Khaled in a contemporary yet traditional mould, both metaphorically and literally. Moving forward, the subversion of the canonically offcentral fembotic construction will be addressed through the application of [Why write "by", when "through the application of" is available?] possibly essentialized draped black fabrics in order to engage, comment upon, critique and re-verify the relevant localized meme(s). When considering the unconstructed '"pod woman" of the future, everything will be left to the imagination. [Yes. There may be more than one meme locally relevant.]. Sincere thanks to the likewise illustrious Filip Vujanovic for this teaching moment; also to Tyr, who in his day, under his martial pseudonym, fathered those wolf-cubs, and finally to MJ for the always therapeutic P-T. Damn. It's Wednesday already.
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